Welcome to this week’s edition of FilmStruck Friday! Every Friday here on TMP, with the exception of the first Friday of the month (which is reserved for “Favorite things about…”), we’ll be taking a look at a film available through the TCM and Criterion Collection streaming service. Today I’m highlighting a pair of Harold Lloyd… Read More FilmStruck Friday: Harold Lloyd Shorts
Earlier this year I picked up the TCM Greatest Classic Films: Doris Day Double Feature DVD during one of the TCM shop’s sales. After watching By the Light of the Silvery Moon from the set this month (review coming in December), I decided to check out the special features, knowing that shorts and cartoons were… Read More Special Features on the ‘TCM Greatest: Doris Day Double Feature’ DVD
Welcome to week five of our journey into the world of silent slapstick comedies! This week we’re taking a look at Volume 5 of the Slapstick Encyclopedia set, which focuses on the work of Buster Keaton, Fatty Arbuckle and Al St. John through a selection of five shorts. Fatty and Mabel Adrift (1916) Directed by:… Read More Slapstick Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Keaton, Arbuckle and St. John
